Join Friendly City Food Co-op on Sunday, May 25 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM for an insightful and engaging Book Talk with local author Amanda K Gross!

Meet Amanda as she discusses her powerful book, White Women, Get Ready: How Healing Post-Traumatic Mistress Syndrome Leads to Anti-Racist Change. This event will feature an author reading, an interactive activity, free refreshments, and a book signing. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during the event.

About the Book

Inspired by Dr. Joy DeGruy‘s work on Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome — and used with her blessing — White Women, Get Ready explores how white women have been groomed to uphold systems of oppression, the harmful multigenerational impact of these systems, and how we can leverage our unique positioning to challenge and dismantle them. This book is a collaborative effort that emerged from Black-led, multiracial, and multicultural spaces calling for white people, particularly white women, to organize and take action.

About Amanda

Amanda K Gross is an intersectional anti-racist organizer, mixed media artist, and author. She integrates creative, embodied practices throughout her organizing work and is a certified yoga instructor at the 200-hour RYT level through YogaRoots On Location’s Anti-Racist Raja Yoga School. Amanda’s academic research investigates how arts and culture can support long-term anti-racism and decolonization efforts among white settlers. She brings her passion for weaving people, ideas, and threads into every aspect of her work.

Event Details

Date: Sunday, May 25th

Time: 1:oo – 2:30 PM

Location: Co-op Café

Cost: This event is FREE, but please RSVP with the form on the co-op's website.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, engage, and take actionable steps toward anti-racist change. We look forward to seeing you there!